intercepted. and british prime minister rishi sunak says he s disappointed at the european broadcasting union s zelenskyy from making an address at the eurovision song contest. we start with the breaking news in the last couple of hours. a convicted child abuser has been found guilty of brutally murdering a seven year old girl in the north east of england more than 30 years after the killing took place. nikki allan was repeatedly hit about the head and stabbed dozens of times in sunderland in october 1992. prosecutors told newcastle crown court she was then dumped like rubbish in a derelict building near her home. david boyd, 55, from stockton on tees, was convicted after a three week trial. he will be sentenced on 23 may. our news correspondent, danny savage was at newcastle crown court and explains why this prosecution has taken so long. it was a complex and challenging case for northumbria police but they spent many years going off down the wrong avenue thinking that a
hours. a convicted child abuser has been found guilty of murdering a seven year old girl in sunderland in the north east of england more than 30 years after the killing took place. nikki allen was beaten and stabbed before her body was dumped in a derelict building. this afternoon a jury convicted david boyd of her murder. danny savage reports. a little seven year old girl brutally murdered more than 30 years ago. last seen skipping after a man she was being lured to her death by the river wear. we now know who that man was. david boyd, 25 years old at the time, now 55. pa rt part of the team investigating the murder of nikki allen. advances in dna evidence found traces of him on nikki allan s clothes. nikki lived in a ground floorflat on this estate in sunderland. her killer lived on the third floor of the block. the whole estate has since been demolished. sharon is nikki s mum. it s hard to comprehend the effect this has had on her life. your life just changed and nobody.
relief to millions of students. six republican controlled states have brought the case, arguing mr biden is exceeding his powers. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show, fire and fairness on a scottish island. i m a woman, and i have a daughter, who is three, and i would love to see her participate on her own terms. fancy a holiday for free? well, almost. we are looking at canny ways to travel on the cheap. i was earning very good money, putting frozen pies in a box. you can absolutely fund all this traveljust by moving around and working. and the final curtain at broadway s longest running show. this is the first show i ever saw on broadway, and it s my broadway debut, so it s a beautiful, beautiful full circle moment for me. drums. sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures, and today, the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe the vikings. c
drums. sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures, and today, the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe the vikings. cheering. so, this is up helly aa. it s one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year, and this one, in lerwick, is the biggest. up helly aa is best known for its night time procession. almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set fire to a replica viking ship. the day begins with a march through the town, a march through the town, led by the jarl squad, a group of around 60 locals, kitted out in an elaborate viking garb. i mean, this is serious stuff. yeah. who makes these? almost all of it was done in shetland. there was a design committee. what kind of money are we talking for an individual kit? the viking heritage of shetland is something that most shetlanders are incredibly proud of. the viking h